A Road in India (1938)
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Uploaded by BFIfilms on Feb 26, 2009
A tribute to the great British cinematographer Jack Cardiff, who sadly died on 22 April 2009 aged 94. For more information about Jack's life and work see http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/458373/
The sights of India as seen from the perspective of a dusty road. This portrait of 'the enigmatic and disturbing East' is big on exoticism and cliché, but Jack Cardiff's Technicolor cinematography makes for typically compelling viewing. Cardiff later won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for the India-set - though filmed in the UK - 'Black Narcissus' (1947).
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1938, after years of dominance, the BRITISH ruined the wealth of the country . If colour video cameras were available some 500 years ago, we might get an idea of what INDIA really was...
anyway Nice Video !
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colorised?
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Still cant believe we (indians) were shaged so bad by britian. Im born and raised in britian and do love my country (scotland) but i am saddened by these videos because we were forced out of our traditions and corrupted. Are herritage, wealth was stolen then we were left to pick up the peices, very sad.
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@sailordoc2007 Very True
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This is a very well done footage when jack Cardiff was 23. Incredible. So glad to find this here, thanks guys.
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Amazing Video. 1930's India in Colour!!!
9 months ago 2
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i showed my grandma this,
and told her she was abotu 2 years old when this video was made,
she started telling me stories about her childhood about the elephants and the work on the farm.
thank you for this,
i love spending time with my grandma
9 months ago 2
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Laughable depiction of the so called ' Indian Raja' and his ludicrous 'dancing girl' - it's so obviously staged. The film wants the viewers to believe that the 'cool hills are a short walk from his regular palace...besides no maharani of those days would have travelled on an open road on an open palanquin without being in purdah
I can imagine the 'polite society' of britain lapping all this up back in those days - fools
10 months ago 3
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Saw that lady dancing while walking!!! It is such a fake representation!!!
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very rare and unique documentry of my land ,which place in india could you please mention??
very very very good job, i m pretty sure all indian will watch and they gona feel very happy, thx
DVblast05 2 years ago 22
Wow what a great n rare footage. Feel blessed to be able to actually see a film shot in 1938 about india as it was. The real people, their costume, the landscape...everything and in colour too. I always wondered how it must have been in those days. Now I just want to see more n more of it. Thank you so much BFI films for giving us a peep into our past.
rbsavant 2 years ago 15